About This Item

  • Call NumberSTEEPLE_0010
  • Title[Steeplechase Park Circus]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (STEEPLE 0007, STEEPLE 0009), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three exrterior views of trained ponies doing stunts at Steeplechase Park Circus at Coney Island. All of the images includes a woman trainer. The woman in 0007 ios identified as Evelyn Torelli. 0009 shows four animals. 0007 and 0010 include a large group of spectators. The images are not dated, but the dates are known to be between 1936 and 1938.
  • Date[193-]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) ; Ponies -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spectators -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsSteeplechase Park Circus photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Steeplechase Park Circus